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SFA and Police Scotland to discuss football abuse claims SFA and Police Scotland to discuss football abuse claims
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Officials from the Scottish Football Association will meet Police Scotland later to discuss allegations of child sex abuse within the sport.Officials from the Scottish Football Association will meet Police Scotland later to discuss allegations of child sex abuse within the sport.
Football has been shaken by claims from former players, from across the UK, that they were abused by those in positions of authority.Football has been shaken by claims from former players, from across the UK, that they were abused by those in positions of authority.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney has called for the SFA to set up an independent inquiry.Deputy First Minister John Swinney has called for the SFA to set up an independent inquiry.
The SFA said any review must have the "right scope and terms of reference".The SFA said any review must have the "right scope and terms of reference".
Police forces from across the UK, including Police Scotland, are now looking into claims of historical sexual abuse within football.Police forces from across the UK, including Police Scotland, are now looking into claims of historical sexual abuse within football.
More than 80 potential suspects and 98 clubs are involved, police chiefs have said.More than 80 potential suspects and 98 clubs are involved, police chiefs have said.
On Friday, a BBC Scotland investigation revealed that former youth coach and referee Hugh Stevenson was allowed to carry on working in football for several years after being reported to police and the SFA over child sex offences.On Friday, a BBC Scotland investigation revealed that former youth coach and referee Hugh Stevenson was allowed to carry on working in football for several years after being reported to police and the SFA over child sex offences.
Now both organisations are meeting to discuss what happens next.Now both organisations are meeting to discuss what happens next.
Survivors' group White Flowers Alba has urged the Scottish government to set up a wide-ranging inquiry into child sex abuse.
Speaking on The Kaye Adams Programme, Andi Lavery, from the group, said: "The SFA can't police itself. It's up to the government to take leadership.
"We are a victims' group. As children we weren't listened to, as adults we aren't being listened to."
The English Football Association has commissioned an independent investigation into the way it dealt with abuse allegations and there have been calls for the SFA to set up a similar review.The English Football Association has commissioned an independent investigation into the way it dealt with abuse allegations and there have been calls for the SFA to set up a similar review.
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, the deputy first minister said he favoured such a move.Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, the deputy first minister said he favoured such a move.
"I think the SFA has got to consider setting up an independent inquiry that will satisfy that these issues have been properly and fully addressed by everyone in football," he said. He added: "It should be conducted by an authoritative, independent, respected figure who will be able to look at these issues without fear or favour, and to examine all of the issues to the satisfaction of the wider debate within Scotland."
Mr Swinney added: "It should be conducted by an authoritative, independent, respected figure who will be able to look at these issues without fear or favour, and to examine all of the issues to the satisfaction of the wider debate within Scotland. SNP MSP James Dornan told The Kaye Adams Programme he agreed that the SFA should set up and fund an independent inquiry.
"I think that's a necessity of the current situation that football in Scotland finds itself in." He rejected calls to extend the Scottish government's inquiry into the abuse of children in care.
The Scottish government has rejected calls to extend the scope of its own investigation into the historical abuse of children in institutionalised care. "If we continue to widen the inquiry, we will never get the conclusions that survivors demand and are entitled to," he said.
"The SFA has to be involved in this because it's about Scottish football, but they can't be leading the inquiry. It has to be an independent person who leads the inquiry."
In a statement on Sunday, the SFA said: "We are open to the possibility of an independent review but with the right scope and terms of reference."In a statement on Sunday, the SFA said: "We are open to the possibility of an independent review but with the right scope and terms of reference."
Former Scottish justice minister Cathy Jamieson told BBC Radio Scotland it may be time for a wider inquiry into the historical sex abuse of children in Scotland, which the Scottish government, or Holyrood, could take the lead on.
"There will be, inevitably, some other organisation, or some other sphere, where historical abuse will raise its head," she said.
Speaking on the Good Morning Scotland programme, she added: "That is why it would be important to have an over-arching look at all these inquiries, and if government won't do that, and I believe they could have a role to do this, then perhaps the Parliament should step up and do it."
Opposition parties have called for the Scottish government, rather than the SFA, to take the lead on any inquiry.Opposition parties have called for the Scottish government, rather than the SFA, to take the lead on any inquiry.